Latest Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Stories
MARYSVILLE, Ohio, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Algaeventure Systems has been awarded a purchase order by General Atomics (GA) to provide its algae harvesting, dewatering, and drying technology (AVS HDD). With breakthrough technology and funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), General Atomics is spearheading the efforts of a group of corporate technology developers and universities in the pursuit of evaluating the potential of algae-to-fuel projects. The goal is to...
MARLBOROUGH, Mass., July 16, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to provide a cost-effective, highly capable military wireless network interoperable gateway. The contract provides Raytheon $24.4 million for one year. Options would extend the contract to 2012 and bring the potential value to $155 million. The Mobile Ad-Hoc Interoperability GATEway, or MAINGATE, will integrate any combination of...
SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va., July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) today announced it has been awarded a prime contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the U. S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). SAIC will create a research framework for the development of reading system technologies and evaluate the performance of these technologies in support of DARPA's Machine Reading program. The contract has a five...
PALO ALTO, Calif., May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Communications & Power Industries, Inc. (CPI) is a member of the research and development team selected as a subcontractor by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to support the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) multi-phase program to develop vacuum electron devices capable of operating at frequencies of up to one terahertz. DARPA has awarded a prime contract to SAIC potentially worth up to $11 million...
Acquisition and Management Services Help DARPA Scientists Focus on Primary Mission ARLINGTON, Va., April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CACI International Inc (NYSE: CAI) announced today it has been awarded a $50 million prime contract to continue providing acquisition, financial, and program management assistance to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO). The award, for one base year and four option periods, was made under the...
The report shows how Global Locating System brings inherent security in satellite communications STERLING, Va., April 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SkyBitz, the leading remote asset tracking and information management service provider, today announced the release of a case study by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), documenting how SkyBitz successfully launched DARPA-funded technology into private, government and international markets. The agency's case study...
Company to Develop Affordable Alternative to Petroleum-Derived Jet Fuel (JP-8) from Agricultural and Aquacultural Feedstock SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) today announced it has been awarded a prime contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to help develop an affordable alternative to petroleum-derived jet fuel (JP-8) from agricultural and aquacultural feedstock materials. The...
Luxtera, the worldwide leader in Silicon CMOS Photonics, today announced it has signed a multi-million dollar contract with Sun Microsystems for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Ultraperformance Nanophotonic Intrachip Communications (UNIC) program. Luxtera's technology and silicon fabrication processes will be used to develop next-generation optical interconnects to produce chip-to-chip and intra-chip interconnect technology. This project will provide the computing...
By Stephens, Gene IN 1981, CRIMINAL-JUSTICE SCHOLAR GENE STEPHENS WROTE AN ARTICLE FOR THE FUTURIST ON "CRIME IN THE YEAR 2000," AND IN 1995, AN ARTICLE ON "CRIME IN CYBERSPACE." IN BOTH, HE SUGGESTED THE ROLE THE COMPUTER AND INTERNET WOULD PLAY IN CRIME AND CRIME FIGHTING IN THE FUTURE. HERE, HE REVIEWS WHAT HE GOT RIGHT, WHAT HE GOT WRONG, AND WHY, AND HE SUGGESTS THE TYPES OF CYBERCRIMES AND CYBERCRIME FIGHTING THAT WILL OCCUR BY THE YEAR 2025. In a 1981 article for...
By Kenyon, Henry S Innovative optics, radar systems cut through the fog of battle. In the future, there will be no place to hide from the U.S. military. Two prototype sensor technologies may soon allow warfighters to observe enemy units at great distances and to track their movement inside buildings and urban areas. These systems benefit from recent developments in optics, radar, algorithms and processing to pull images out of desert heat distortion or to create maps of entire neighborhoods...
